Coming Soon to PC
ScareZone —
The Haunted House Tycoon
ScareZone is a haunted house tycoon game where you design, manage, and operate the haunt you’ve always dreamed about — every corridor, every scare, every screaming guest.
What is ScareZone?
ScareZone is a haunted house tycoon game that puts you in charge of building, designing, and managing Halloween haunt mazes. Built from the ground up by life-long haunt fans, this creative tycoon will let you build the scare maze of your nightmares! Think of it as a haunt sim — RollerCoaster Tycoon for haunted houses.
Game FAQs
Is ScareZone a haunted house tycoon game?
Yes. ScareZone is a haunted house tycoon game — you step into the shoes of a haunted attraction designer/manager. Transform an empty or repurposed space into your own haunt layout, hire and stage a cast of actors, then open the gates and watch the crowds navigate your world of terrors. Manage guest expectations, staff turnover, security incidents and so much more as the spooky season chaos unfolds. Then, do it again the next season: Build. Haunt. Repeat!
Is ScareZone like RollerCoaster Tycoon?
Same family, different focus. ScareZone takes the tycoon DNA of games like RollerCoaster Tycoon — design your layout, hire and direct your staff, balance the books — and applies it to haunted houses and Halloween haunts instead of theme parks. If you grew up losing weekends to RCT and went on to lose Octobers to haunt season, this is the game for you.
When can I play?
Soon. We are aiming to begin Early Access in Fall 2026.
What platforms will it be on?
ScareZone is launching on PC first. Other platforms are definitely on the table, but PC is our focus for now. Find us on Steam.
Haunt FAQs
What is a haunted attraction?
A haunted attraction is a themed walkthrough experience built to scare guests. In the US, they’re typically called haunted houses, scare attractions, or Halloween haunts (after the classic Knott’s Halloween Haunt event that gave the genre its name). In the UK, they’re more often called scare mazes. They range from seasonal pop-ups during Halloween nights events to year-round operations at major theme parks.
What’s a scare actor?
A scare actor (or haunt actor) is a performer trained to scare guests in a haunted attraction. They’re costumed and made up to fit a maze’s theme, and they use specific timing, body positioning, and movement to deliver scares without making contact. ScareZone’s in-game cast is built from real motion capture sessions with professional scare actors.
What is a Scare Zone?
At seasonal theme park events, a “scare zone” is an outdoor themed area roamed by costumed performers — distinct from haunted houses, which are enclosed walkthrough mazes guests step through. Scare zones rely more on atmosphere, fog effects, and roaming character interactions than the structured flow of a maze.
When did haunted houses become an industry?
Commercial haunted houses took off in the US during the 1970s, with Knott’s Berry Farm launching its Halloween Haunt event in 1973 — widely credited as the start of the modern haunt industry. Today, the field spans tens of thousands of seasonal haunts, large-scale theme park events, and a growing roster of year-round attractions.